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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 10th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 26, 2015. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 42 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

BOSTON - In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General (MGH) has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. In conjunction with this record...
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Thomas Keith Of Bennington Sentenced To 41 Months On Heroin And Cocaine Charges

RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on September 24, 2015 in United States District Court...
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that nine individuals have been charged by indictment with participating in a drug trafficking ring that obtained more...
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Bridgeport Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Sentenced

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Jason Oliviera, 35, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to...
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

LAWRENCE, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with a major drug trafficking operation in which authorities seized approximately a kilogram each of heroin and...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

BOSTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Brokering 25 Kilogram Cocaine Deal

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Andrew Duron, also known as “Chavo,” 35, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

CONCORD, N.H. - Ryan Demers, 31, of Brookline, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 57 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone announced Michael J...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

SAN DIEGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, September 26th...